Foot Muscles (Quiz/Exam 3) Flashcards
What are the 3 muscles in the 1st layer of the foot?
1) abductor hallucis
2) flexor digitorum brevis
3) abductor digiti minimi
What are the origins/proximal attachments for the abductor hallucis?
-medial tubercle of tuberosity of calcaneus
-flexor retinaculum
-plantar aponeurosis
What is the insertion/distal attachment for the abductor hallucis?
medial side of the base of the proximal phalanx of the 1st digit
What innervates the abductor hallucis?
medial plantar n.
What are the actions of the abductor hallucis?
abducts and flexes 1st digit (great toe)
What are the origins/proximal attachments for the flexor digitorum brevis?
-medial and lateral tubercle of tuberosity of the calcaneus
-plantar aponeurosis
-intermuscular septa
What is the insertion/distal attachment of the flexor digitorum brevis?
both sides of the middle phalanges of lateral 4 digits
What innervates the flexor digitorum brevis?
medial plantar n.
What is the action of the flexor digitorum brevis?
flexes lateral 4 digits
What are the origins/proximal attachments for the abductor digiti minimi?
-lateral tubercle of tuberosity of calcaneus
-plantar aponeurosis
-intermuscular septa
What is the insertion/distal attachment for the abductor digiti minimi?
lateral side of the base of the proximal phalanx of the 5th digit
What innervates the abductor digiti minimi?
lateral plantar n.
What are the actions of the abductor digiti minimi?
abducts and flexes little toe (5th digit)
What are the 2 muscles in the 2nd layer of the foot?
1) quadratus plantae
2) lumbricals
What is the origin/proximal attachment for the quadratus plantae?
medial surface and lateral margin of the plantar surface of the calcaneus
What is the insertion/distal attachment for the quadratus plantae?
posterolateral margin of the tendon of flexor digitorum longus
What innervates the quadratus plantae?
lateral plantar n.
What are the actions of the quadratus plantae?
assists flexor digitorum longus in flexing lateral 4 digits (toes)
What is the origin/proximal attachment for the lumbricals?
tendons of the flexor digitorum longus
What is the insertion/distal attachment for the lumbricals?
medial aspect of the expansion over lateral 4 digits
What innervates the lumbricals?
medial 1= medial plantar n.
lateral 3= lateral plantar n.